Proverbs 19:7:11Prov.19.7.W11TAB
לא־לוֹ־הֵֽמָּה׃
lolohemma
“not to him are they”
- Transliteration
- lo-LO-HEM-ma
- Extended
- loh-LOH-HEHM-maa
- IPA
- /loː.loːˈheːmːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not to him are they
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lo-LO-HEM-ma
- phraseyour reading level
a-ma-RIM lo-LO-HEM-ma
- clause
me-rad-DEF a-ma-RIM lo-LO-HEM-ma
- sentence
KAL a-KHE-RASH se-NE-u-HU AF KI me-RE-e-HU ra-kha-KU mim-me-NU me-rad-DEF a-ma-RIM lo-LO-HEM-ma
Exegesis
The compound negative lolohemah {לֹא־לוֹ־הֵֽמָּה׃ | lō-lô-hēm-māh} underscores utter absence.
In context — Proverbs 19:7
All the brothers of the poor hate him; even so, his companions have distanced themselves from him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there for him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Proverbs 19:7, so the Hebrew word לא־לוֹ־הֵֽמָּה׃ (lolohemma) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.19.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.7.W11.S1) and character.